A Handsome Atlas: Wildly Awesome Data Visualizations from the Nineteenth Century Boston 1775 Who Invented the Term "Grassy Knoll?" by Gary Mack, CuratorThe Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza Thirty-five years after the Kennedy assassination and speculation about a conspiracy, "grassy knoll" has become a generic term connoting hidden plots and subterfuge. But who coined the phrase? Until now the answer has remained elusive, yet newly-discovered information identifies the source as a member of the news media. The Kennedy motorcade from Love Field through Dallas included a news "pool car" loaned by the telephone company. When the shots were fired, Mr. As officer Hargis ran, the pool car picked up speed entering the Triple Underpass to Stemmons Freeway and the wild race to Parkland Hospital. Meanwhile, in Anna, Illinois, WRAJ-AM owner and manager Don Michel responded to the UPI teletype warning bells and relayed those early reports to his startled listeners. One of the pages in our archive reveals that in a dispatch sent almost exactly 25 minutes after the assassination, Mr. Visit Sixth Floor Museum Web Site
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1. The Colonies: 1690-1715, in GROWTH, Becoming American: The British Atlantic Colonies, 1690-1763, Primary Resources in U.S. History and Literature, Toolbox Library, National Humanities Center The Colonies: 1690-1715 It does not seem difficult to find out the reasons why the people multiply faster here than in Europe. As soon as a person is old enough he may marry in these provinces without any fear of poverty. There is such an amount of good land yet uncultivated that a newly married man can, without difficulty, get a spot of ground where he may comfortably subsist with his wife and children. It is fitting to begin this toolbox on the British Atlantic colonies from 1690 to 1763 with the theme GROWTH. In this section we capture a snapshot of the British Atlantic colonies around the turn of the 18th century. Massachusetts. Discussion questions In American Beginnings: 1492-1690, the first toolbox in the Toolbox Library, we study all the peoples who settled North America—Native Americans, Norse, Spanish, Portuguese, French, English, Dutch, Swedish, and Russians. One final note on the names "England" and "Britain."
Scots Origins History - Scottish History Stone of Scone A replica of the Stone of Scone The Stone of Scone (/ˈskuːn/; Scottish Gaelic: An Lia Fàil, Scots: Stane o Scone), also known as the Stone of Destiny and often referred to in England as The Coronation Stone, is an oblong block of red sandstone, used for centuries in the coronation of the monarchs of Scotland and later the monarchs of England, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. Historically, the artefact was kept at the now-ruined Scone Abbey in Scone, near Perth, Scotland. It is also known as Jacob's Pillow Stone and the Tanist Stone, and in Scottish Gaelic clach-na-cinneamhain. Its size is about 26 inches (660 mm) by 16.75 inches (425 mm) by 10.5 inches (270 mm) and its weight is approximately 336 pounds (152 kg). Tradition and history[edit] Origin and legends[edit] In the 14th century, the English cleric and historian Walter Hemingford described the Scottish coronation stone as residing in the monastery of Scone, a few miles north of Perth: Westminster Abbey[edit]